EP266: Robbie Randall - How to Leverage Modern Technology to Stay Ahead 

Michael Palmer: As we're getting back to work, we're still at that same pace of acceleration, which I think has been the biggest learning for me. I, like many, expected things to taper off and maybe slow down a bit on the migration to cloud, but it hasn't. Folks are doubling down on that experience and wanting that ability to work anywhere. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to Welcome to the Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I am your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a fantastic one. Our guest is a partner development manager with the Intuit Accountants Channel and a regular contributor to Firm of the Future and Tax Pro Center blogs. He is also a second-time guest on the show, Robbie Randall. Welcome back. Hello, Michael. Hello, everyone. Thank you for having me. Yeah, great to have you back. And you know, it's so funny, I was reaching out to you to, to say hello. Thought, oh my goodness, we're going to have a catch-up call. Why not actually get a real catch-up call and share it on the podcast? Because you had said, you came back to me with the words, yeah, wow, it's been a roller coaster since we last chatted. And I thought, my goodness, I bet you Robbie would have a heck of a lot of information and just your take on what's happened in the accounting space, in, in North America over the last 18 to— we're getting on 24 months. Only 24. Yeah, absolutely. So kind of cool. So listener, you get to sort of hang out with us while Robbie and I catch up and we can catch you up on what Robbie's been up to. So it's kind of like a community catch-up call here.

Absolutely. Let's have it. I'm ready, Michael. It's been a very long time, and to say that things have changed would be such an understatement. What a drastic difference from the last time we spoke 24 months ago. It's just been such a ride. Such a ride. Such a ride. Well, maybe let's start with, tell us a little bit about your career path. I mean, we have another episode our listeners can jump back to and learn more about you, but you've had a bit of a change at Intuit as well. But tell us a little bit about what you're doing here as a partner